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Poortjesfontein in October (Nos. 9426, 9523, 9579). Three younger 

 specimens, the smallest llf mm. in length, and a large number of 

 very young individuals from a nest were also sent but are not 

 comprehended in the following description. 



5 5 . Colour as in leipoldti, but the upper side of the abdomen 

 extensively blackish brown posteriorly and furnished anteriorly with 

 a blackish brown median spot, generally followed by another smaller 

 spot. 



Carapace as long as the patella, tibia, and f of the metatarsus of 

 first leg, and equal to the tibia, metatarsus, and -g-f of the tarsus of 

 fourth leg. Eyes compact, the width of the ocular area behind f 

 to nearly equal to the length of the metatarsus of first leg and ;i-f 

 that of fourth leg. Anterior row of eyes with the hind margin (seen 

 from above) straight or slightly procurved, the median eyes nearer to 

 the laterals than to one another, the laterals much larger, strongly 

 transversely oval. Posterior row straight or nearly so, a line joining 

 the anterior margins sometimes slightly recurved or even slightly 

 procurved ; the median eyes oval or subcircular, their outer edges 

 very distinctly nearer together than the outer edges of the anterior 

 lateral eyes ; posterior lateral eyes oval, subequal to the median eyes 

 and less than an eye's diameter from them, their distance from the 

 anterior laterals generally much less than (rarely equalling) the long 

 diameter of the latter ; a line parallel to the long axis of the body 

 and touching the outer edges of the anterior laterals would cut or 

 touch the posterior laterals but rarely pass on their median side. 



Pedipalps and legs more numerously spined than in leipoldti. 

 Tarsus of pedipalps with 6-9 shortish spines on the inner side ; the 

 tibia with 1, rarely 2, distal internal spines in addition to the basal 

 spine ; the upper surface of the tarsus with a basal patch of 10-20 

 minute spinules, the tibia with a similar apical patch of 6-15 

 spinules. First ley with the tibia slightly shorter than the 

 matatarsus, 1^1^ times as long as the width of the anterior row 

 of eyes and provided with a band of 11-25 short spines along at 

 least the distal half of the anterior surface ; the superior band of 

 spinules on the metatarsus occupying from about ^ to f of the 

 length of the segment. Second ley with 4-12 short spines on 

 anterior surface of tibia, and with the superior patch of spinules 

 on the metatarsus slightly shorter ; otherwise spined like the first 

 leg. Third leg with 5-17 posterior spines on the tarsus and 16-32 

 stout spines in the anterior and posterior bands on the metatarsus ; 

 the tibia with a large anterior and posterior distal patch of stout 

 spines ; distal superior patch of red spinules on the tibia large, 



